Installing and configuring the Windows Failover Clustering feature

In order to create high-availability scenarios, Windows Server 2016 provides the Failover Clustering feature, which allows you to put roles or virtual machines into a high-availability solution.

When installed and configured, Failover Clustering uses Failover Cluster Management Tools to bring all necessary cluster components, such as storage, network, roles, and nodes, together into a single console.

Failover Clustering is a Windows feature that creates a group of servers called nodes, which are put together in a virtual space. A cluster is formed by nodes, storages, network devices, and the failover cluster itself (which acts as the management software) to bring all these components ...

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